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Two space satellites smash into each other 500 miles above Earth | Mail Online 

Two space satellites have smashed into each other for the first time, destroying the two devices and sending debris hurtling through space. The American ... and Russian devices collided around 485 miles above Siberia - and directly above the International Space Station - on Tuesday at 11.55 EST (04.55 GMT). 'We believe it's the first time that two satellites have collided in orbit,' an American military spokesman said. Nasa released this artist's impression of an Iridium satellite in earth orbit: A similar device collided with a Russian communications array over Siberia on Tuesday The collision, which took place in low-earth orbit, involved a device owned by Iridium Satellite LLC and Russia's Cosmos 2251 satellite, both of which weighed more than 1,000lb. Why the Russian communications array was 'non-operational', the Irridium device was one of 66 low Earth orbiting satellites providing mobile phone communications across the globe. Some types of buoys, such as those used for the tsunami wa   [More...] [Less...]

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